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Orphan Block Odyssey Progress

This month my orphan block was a paper pieced ombre star I made about 2 or 3 years ago

Today I made it into a jumbo nine patch center block and started adding borders. Sewing with my left foot on the pedal was awkward so lucky it was a quick charity quilt I had planned to make!

Stop by on March 1st for the Orphan Block Odyssey Linky Party!
You can share any post old or new that has a project with an orphan block in it! And you will see the final picture of my quilt top. It won't get quilted though yet because I have a broken foot!

I have made my dogs some dog jackets lately and was asked for the pattern, since all dogs are different sizes that is difficult to do, but I am going to do a tutorial showing how I did it.

This is the pattern for my medium sized dog Henry the Cockapoo, I have laid it on my cutting mat folded in half and lined up with the inch marks so that you can copy the pattern onto a grid if you would like to try this:

And this is the pattern for my small Maltipoo Ebony again it is folded in half and lined up on the inch grid so you can copy it if you would like to:

Once you have created a paper pattern you can lay it over your dog to determine if you need to enlarge the pattern or decrease the size to suit your own dog.
Then you need a piece of fabric and some batting. Any scrappy patchwork or UFO you no longer want will do fine for this or you can take the time to create a patchwork design that suits your dogs personality. Spray baste the top to the battingLay the pattern on top and cut out the p…